Class_match(str, method, list)

Matches the string against an element.

Syntax

Class_match(str, method, list);

Arguments

Name	Description
str	A string which will be matched.
method	A string which specifies the match method
list	A list which specifies the match target.

Events

Applicable in all events.

Example

when HTTP_REQUEST {
url_list = “”
url = HTTP:uri_get()
status, count, t = class_match(url, "starts_with", url_list);    --or "ends_with", "equals", "contains"
debug("status %s, count %s\n", status, count);
for k,v in pairs(t) do
debug("index %s, value %s\n", k,v);
end
}

Note:

Method: must be “starts_with”, “equals”, “contains”, “end_with”

This command return three parameters, first “status”: true or false means if match or not; second “count”: return the number of times matches; third “t”: return matched index and matched value in the list.

Supported Version

FortiADC version 5.2.x and later.